Risk, Regulation & AI: Finance Chiefs Navigating the New Triangle
By 2025, the financial sector will be at the intersection of creativity and innovation evaluation. AI has become both a salvation and a challenge for modern financial executives. As Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) lead the way in adopting automation to accelerate decision-making, forecast outcomes, and minimise errors, they are also facing a complex web of…
Himanshu
Lailayan Almasri – Asia’s 40 Under 40 2025
Redefining Fintech Marketing with Trust, Creativity, and Global Impact Lailayan Almasri CMO FundingPips Redefining Fintech Marketing with Trust, Creativity, and Global Impact Lailayan Almasri CMO FundingPips At the intersection of data, community, and emotion stands Lailayan Almasri, Chief Marketing Officer at FundingPips, shaping one of fintech’s most engaged global trading ecosystems. Blending analytical rigour with…
John David
The Invisible Stranglehold: Delhi’s Endless Battle with Poisoned Air
Delhi, a city where ancient minarets and modern skyscrapers once coexisted, is now overwhelmed by its own polluted air. As November 2025 approaches, the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaches an alarming 414, indicating a hazardous and toxic environment where every breath poses a danger. This crisis has driven citizens to protest in rare demonstrations, with…
Vipin
Andrew Ng, Co-Founder of Coursera and Managing General Partner, AI Fund
Andrew Ng, often referred to as the Godfather of AI, is one of the few names that resonate throughout the global AI community. Ng, as the Co-Founder of Coursera and the Managing General Partner of AI Fund, has not only shaped the development of artificial intelligence but also influenced how it is viewed and made…
The AI Index Reckoning: Delhi’s Labs Swap Coders for Commanders
In April, Stanford’s Human-Centred AI Institute (HAI) released its 2025 AI Index Report, signalling a rapid movement known as “talent swaps.” This initiative aims to retrain one million Indian developers for “agentic” AI roles by 2027. India, which holds about 18% of the world’s AI talent according to LinkedIn’s February 2025 data, sees Delhi-NCR as…
Yash Sharma
When Data Never Dies: Asia’s Blockchain Dilemma
The emerging AI economy of Asia, valued at billions of dollars in data-driven market worth, now faces a troubling paradox. Even the technologies designed to ensure online trust are becoming tools of irreversible exposure. Once heralded as protectors of transparency, blockchain is now being used to create systems of unchangeable memory, which pose significant privacy…
Sumit
Sync Ritual: How AI Sabbaths Are Rewiring Hyderabad’s Coders
Within the sprawling IT hubs of Hyderabad, where 12-hour sprints and late-night deployments have become standard practice, a silent experiment is underway, an experiment that combines AI discipline with human mindfulness. Technology companies in the city are introducing Superagency Sabbaths, a weekly AI-guided service designed to focus more on developers, prevent burnout, and remind developers…
Shipra Prajapati
Why Agentic Hype Urges CLO-AI Alliances in Bangalore’s Unicorns
Once a hub of genuine innovation, Bangalore’s congested technological corridors are now entering a new era, marked by Agentic AI. This term, describing autonomous AI systems capable of making their own decisions, has become the latest craze among Indian unicorns. However, beneath the flashy pitch decks and high-profile product launches, a troubling trend exists: many…
abhinav singh
How Mumbai’s Startups Turn AI Bias into an Edge
Generative AI (GenAI) is no longer just a buzzword in India’s vibrant startup scene, especially in Mumbai, where fintech, healthtech, and edtech sectors converge. It’s now a business necessity. However, as algorithms are increasingly employed in decisions related to loans, hiring, content moderation, and medical diagnostics, they face a new form of scrutiny: ethical responsibility. …
ABHYUDAYA MITTAL
Agentic AI Avengers: India’s Autonomous Agent Fraud Fighters
The Indian banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) industry is undergoing a technological revolution. With annual operations exceeding $200 billion, the industry is facing more sophisticated fraudulent activities, including website manipulation of digital transactions, identity theft, and money laundering. Indian leaders are turning to the so-called agentic AI, which is an autonomous and self-directed artificial…
